I found this alley in our historic downtown. Ok, my brother found it, but whatever. I thought it would be a fun place to take some wedding pictures with the bricks and the faded ad. At the time, I thought, “An owl, ok, whatever…it looks cool.”

But then, this happened…

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An owl. A real live owl. In Africa. Ok, not really Africa. It was Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. We were on day three of our honeymoon and enjoying our second ride on the Kilimanjaro Safari when we spotted this. Obviously, it’s not an animal typically found on a safari, but it decided to have a little fun, I guess. Our guide was even shocked to see it.

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I fell in love with owls right then. An owl on my wedding day and then one on my honeymoon? How could I not? They are my new favorite flying animal. (Although, I also happen to think bats are pretty cool, but mostly only around Halloween.)

So now that I’m obsessed with owls, I have to have owl things, right? Of course!